Melvin Spence
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the 38th district
In office
January 13, 1982  January 12, 1983
Serving with Buster O'Brien, Owen Pickett, Glenn McClanan, and Billy O'Brien
Preceded byFrederick H. Creekmore
Tom Forehand
Succeeded byNora Anderson Squyres
Personal details
Born
Melvin Merritt Spence

(1927-05-09)May 9, 1927
Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
DiedJune 28, 2014(2014-06-28) (aged 87)
Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseBetsy Winesett
Alma materVirginia Tech (BS)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy
Years of service1945
Battles/warsWorld War II

Melvin Merritt Spence (May 9, 1927 – June 28, 2014) was an American politician who served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1982 to 1983.[1] Elected in 1981, he had to run for reelection the next year after a three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found the state's multi-member districts to violated the equal protection clause. He was defeated in the newly-drawn 81st district by Owen B. Pickett.

References

  1. "Melvin M. Spence Obituary (1927 - 2014) the Virginian-Pilot".
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